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Category: Citrix
Jan 09
Update Platform layer
Aug 10
Create an Applayer Image
After you have all the components ready OS , platform , application layer you can construct an image using them
Jun 19
Create an Application Layer
This is a the tutorial that learns you how to build an individual layer for an application. These apps are based on existing OS layer that is not domain join and usually comes with a receipt from Citrix ( Office, Skype, Teams)
Jun 08
Create a Platform Layer
This is the backbone of the Applayer image because it collects all the important bits ( domain join, policies, Citrix components) The Platform layer contains the following : This should be lightweight and no other apps should stay there. Except the one that maybe Citrix recommended.
May 24
Update OS layer
Upgrading the OS layer is a recurrent action that has to be done, because you have to upgrade with the security KB the base OS and their components. Taking this in account you should follow the following steps :
Jun 07
ELM appliance install
In this tutorial will speak about how to deploy an ELM applance , from the citrix website in the download section take source that suits your need . I followed of course the Citrix recommendations from here, but at the end i tuned as i need it. For my example i choose the vmware one.
Jan 29
OS layer creation
I’ll present below how to create a new OS layer from scratch. Log on into the ELM web console and navigate to layers OS layers In the right pane there is create OS layer, click on it
Jan 29
ELM appliance update
I will present now how update and ELM appliance . For the begining a snapshot of the ELM machine is good to take into account, with the machine off, I advice. Another backup solution is to export all layers. Choose the one that suits you the more I followed the citrix documentation https://docs.citrix.com/en-us/citrix-app-layering/4/upgrade.html I got …
Jan 08
Creating a MCS catalog and machines
To create a MCS Catalog for the Xendesktop use the Studio console and launch the wizard, but prior to that is necessary to have a windows client installed domain joined and with VDA 7.15 inside. My choice was a windows 10 1709 release
Dec 06
Offline vdisk creation
There are some situations when the PVS server can’t be reach from various reasons. In this case there is a workaround to create a vdisk from scratch and import to PVS server latter on. In my scenario I will have a vmware infra there I will have the base image and i will attach another …